1. Kimberly Brunswick Donna McCaw

3. Race to the Top Assessment Competition  Two consortia ◦ SMARTER/Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) ◦ Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)

4. PARCC  5 assessments  3-HS  K-2 Selected Response Constructed Response Performance assessment  Automated & human scoring  90 days and last 18 days SBAC  4 assessments  3-8 th & 11 th grades  computer adaptive  Short & extended constructed response  Last 12 weeks of school  Short turn around of results  Digital Library  Professional Dev Mat COLLEGE & CAREER Ready Written options -1 st 3 yrs Educators involved in creating ?s Assessing Cluster levels\ Variety of Item Types

6. PARCC States Common Core Institute

7. 5 assessments being created Common Core Institute

8. 1. Help identify big ideas in the CCSS for each grade level 2. Determine the focus for the various PARCC assessment components 3. Support the development of the PARCC assessment blueprints 4. Assist educators in making meaning of the standards and prioritizing instruction Common Core Institute

9. Grade 6

11. 3 rd – 4 th grade fluent in add/ sub/multi/division 5 th grade applied math Common Core Institute

12. Spreadsheets and other real tools Common Core Institute

16. Governing State Advisory State Membership status as of March 6, 2012

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